We woke up this morning to a near empty RV park. It turns out that most of the people staying in this part of Montana at this time of year are Canadians who are heading back home after taking their RVs south to spend the winter in Arizona. The park itself had a small river running through it which is well populated with fish. Lovely scenery.
We met the people staying behind us who had just bought the RV park. Really nice couple. Bob, the husband, had been CEO of some financial company who forsaw the financial collapse of the USA a few years back, and had steadily managed his way out of stock and property holdings, cashed up, and then looked for a secure path through the coming financial demise of the USA. Interestingly his view of the near future of the USA was the same as mine - a bullish spike in the next 6 - 12 months followed by a second, and deeper, wave of the recession / coming depression.
Bob's wife, Jan, is doing her PhD in Natural Health, and so of course the 4 of us got on well and chatted most of the afternoon. Jordan also had a great time playing with Bob. They have a 36' fifth wheeler with pop-outs. Very big inside, with a full size kitchen with 2 fridge-freezers, full size washer and dryer, large bedroom with walk-in robes, queen size bed and shower / bathroom. All for $26,000. Amazing price, the more I see the more I realise Australia is very over-priced in so many areas.
Back to our holiday - I discovered that we are 3 weeks too early for the roads to open in Yellowstone, and so modified our itinerary for the next few days. Grand Teton National Park is open, but can only be entered from the southern entrance. That would make the drive tomorrow too long, and so we decided to pack up and head down to an RV park close to that entrance tonight. So off we go!!
We never left until around 5pm, with a 3 hour drive to Victor which is just east of Wyoming. The vistas we saw today were even more spectacular. Large mountains and frozen lakes dominating the skyline.
We pulled into this camp around 9:30pm, to find the thickest snow we have seen yet. Our site is literally shovelled out of the snow. No doubt we will have fun exploring the camp tomorrow morning (whilst being pelted with snowballs from a certain little boy), before heading into Grand Teton National Park to see yet more wonderous sights!
We met the people staying behind us who had just bought the RV park. Really nice couple. Bob, the husband, had been CEO of some financial company who forsaw the financial collapse of the USA a few years back, and had steadily managed his way out of stock and property holdings, cashed up, and then looked for a secure path through the coming financial demise of the USA. Interestingly his view of the near future of the USA was the same as mine - a bullish spike in the next 6 - 12 months followed by a second, and deeper, wave of the recession / coming depression.
Bob's wife, Jan, is doing her PhD in Natural Health, and so of course the 4 of us got on well and chatted most of the afternoon. Jordan also had a great time playing with Bob. They have a 36' fifth wheeler with pop-outs. Very big inside, with a full size kitchen with 2 fridge-freezers, full size washer and dryer, large bedroom with walk-in robes, queen size bed and shower / bathroom. All for $26,000. Amazing price, the more I see the more I realise Australia is very over-priced in so many areas.
Back to our holiday - I discovered that we are 3 weeks too early for the roads to open in Yellowstone, and so modified our itinerary for the next few days. Grand Teton National Park is open, but can only be entered from the southern entrance. That would make the drive tomorrow too long, and so we decided to pack up and head down to an RV park close to that entrance tonight. So off we go!!
We never left until around 5pm, with a 3 hour drive to Victor which is just east of Wyoming. The vistas we saw today were even more spectacular. Large mountains and frozen lakes dominating the skyline.
We pulled into this camp around 9:30pm, to find the thickest snow we have seen yet. Our site is literally shovelled out of the snow. No doubt we will have fun exploring the camp tomorrow morning (whilst being pelted with snowballs from a certain little boy), before heading into Grand Teton National Park to see yet more wonderous sights!
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